Delores: I have connections to Cherrys in Pitt Co, NC as well. I have found much valuable information about the Cherry families of that era and area in a family genealogy book titled "North Carolina Cherry Families and Cherry Branches." I believe I found that book in the Manning Genealogy Room at the Martin County Community College Library while on a research trip which included Williamston, NC. As indicated by the "Manning Room," the Manning family was very prominent in that area of Martin Co in the late 1700s and 1800s. Later generations have been very active in researching their genealogy. One of my Howell daughters married a Manning, and I have been so grateful for their very detailed records that they have on file in that library. You might find information you need through contacting that library or the Martin Co. rootsweb site. Martin, Pitt, Edgecombe, and Beaufort Counties all butt together within 20 -- 30 miles of Williamston. Likewise, Bertie is only a few miles north of Williamston .... Halifax was also in there ... with many of the county lines being blended and rearranged in the early years. Tyrell County lines blurb in and out also.... I have found my Howell and their spouses' families have had legal activity in all of them. I am tracking Elizabeth E. Cherry, daughter of Roderick and Jennett (Cherry) Cherry -- cousins prior to marriage; Roderick was son of Samuel and Mary (Moore) Cherry. Elizabeth married Thomas Howell, my ggg grandfather. Their marriage was in abt 1836, Martin Co., she was "of Pitt Co." They moved to Hardeman, TN in 1840. After Thomas Howell's death in 1844, she married Thomas Harrell (think I didn't beat my head against that wall for a couple of years). She, Harrell, the Howell children and their children all moved to Drew Co. AR in 1862. She is buried in Drew Co. Hope this helps. Take care, Margaret Dallas, TX